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[Greg Williams]

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how far back do you guys remeber playing with it?

(Mastercam that is

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I can remember doing my 2D programs in APT on a Sodick wirecutter before mastercam came along. I think it was version 5 I saw first.

[3rdstring]

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The computer had (2) 8in floppies. One for the EXE file and one for storage. No mouse , no hard drive and a 4 color monitor

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I used something like that in the late 80s early 90s to prog & run some wire EDMs. It was an NCR box to run Bridgepoorts EZ EDM. but we did have a digitizeing tablet that had some mouselike functionality.

 

When I started programming everything in the shop @ 1999 the Engineering Dept was run by a Mac guy (...not that there's anything wrong with that ) but at the time you couldn't find anything new coming out for the Macs. When we finally upgraded went to MC 7.

[iowajim62]

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My first Cad/Cam program was

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PencilCam and then type in the teletype to get ur paper tape punched

circa 1983

 

Jay,

crack me up bro

 

Thad,

until ya need glasses lmao

 

its my toys and i can wash it as fast and as often as i want to

[Brad McIntosh]

I remember my early days with version 4... (not fondly )

 

You had to worry about mouse and video drivers. Page after page of ENTER-ENTER-ENTER... through parameters.... Post blocks in specific orders. OMG.

[Guest]

Guess I'm kind of lucky I missed alot of the middle stuff.

 

I originally learned on 3.1, then moved between smurfcam, Encode/Genesis, Gibbs and several other systems before coming back to MasterCam at 8.1.1. Big changes at that point. It was almost like learning all over again. Now I'm into X, NX, dabbling in SolidCam and maybe Catia. I've seen a lot along the way, I think that's why to me, change is no big deal. Just another day in the life.

 

In todays market knowledge IS power.

Power is $$$

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

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...In todays market knowledge IS power.

Power is $$$...

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Can I get an AMEN!!!!!!

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[Storkman]

Version 5.5. 1995. All the guys were jumping up and down because they could run Mcam in windows instead of a dos prompt. I think they had version 3 BS (before stork).

[cadcam]

My first time when my Brother-in-law got it and it had the big 8in floppy he had bought it from my boss of now before he has the company he has now.(Cad-Cam Consulting Services)

It was Quicksilver before it became Mastercam.

By version 2 and 3 I was doing Wax investment molds with it.

 

I have used every version sense but dabbed in Surfcam as I was trained at one time as they wanted me to be a trainer back then it was Version 7 of surfcam.

 

I had also at a few places that had MC & Gibbs tried Gibbs but always went to MC to get the job done.

[HevyMetl]

Started and trained at techincal school in version 4, stayed until5.5, went to Pro/manufacturing, and then back to MasterCam at Version 8.

[within a thou]

I was lucky enough to not have to start programing till the early days of V7. My employer made me learn how to remove steel before he would let me write a path. I was in the trade for 4 years before I took my first class. At the time I was programming and then having to go to class after work to get a 3 hour lcture on how to use a file ugh hold at a 30 deg angle 5-60 strokes per minute and people wonder why there is such a high level of dropouts lol

 

But on a side note just want to thank some of the X guys who took so much time to have this debate and the demeanor they took in the way they posted.

 

[within a thou]

And Jay (Cadcam) I still have pages of answers to questions you gave me on this site back years ago when I came in under another handle dating back to early 2000.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

"Spirited Debate" and Discussion is definitely a good thing. We're all kind of fumbling around in our own ways to do someting that is a very organic process. Hand a print to 10 different programmers and you're probably going to see at least 8 different approaches. It's just the nature of the trade. I can tell you without a doubt I am a better programmer because of things people have said in here and approaches that they have taken in different situations to get the parts out the door.

 

Definitely a to all.